Corset



(ModeL) M. P. BRAY.

CORSET.

Pate nted July 21 N. PETERS. Phm-um gn m Wnlhinglcn. m;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORRIS P. BRAY, OF ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,677, dated July 21,1885.

Application filed May 4, 1885.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MoRRIs P. BRAY, of Ansonia, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented new Improvements inCorsets; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connectionwith accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon,to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which saiddrawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in--Figure 1, a face view of the corset; Fig. 2, a transverse section online 00 m; Fig. 3, a transverse section on line 3/ 3 Fig. 4, atransverse section on line z z.

This invention relates to an improvement in corsets, having specialreference to that portion of the corset extending from the arms downover the hips, and commonly called the hip-section. This section of thecorset is subject to greater and more irregular strain than any otherportion of the corset. Elastic portions or gores have been introduced togive elasticity to this part of the corset to enable it to readilyconform to the movements of the body; but an elastic portion directlyover the hip necessarily increases the thickness of the corset at thatpoint, and produces heat accordingly, both of which are objectionable tothe wearer. Again, while some elasticity or yielding is desirabledirectly over the hips, the working of a gore at that point tends towork the cloth- .ing together into a ridge on the inside of the corsetdirectly beneath the elastic portion, to the great discomfort of thewearer.

The object of my invention is to construct a corset which, while itshall possess an ample eyes.

degree of elasticity in the hip-section, will yet be firm and retain therequisite shape over the hip and without the discomforts abovementioned; and it consists in the construction of corset as hereinafterdescribed, and more particularly recited in the claim.

A represents the front or breast portion of the corset, the forwardedgeprovided with the usual busk, the bush 011 one part havingstuds a, andthat on the other part corresponding B, the rear portion, is providedwith the usual series of eyelets, b. That portion between the twosections A B constitutes the hip-section, and is composed of two parts,C

(ModeL) D, arranged a short distance from each other, the two partsconnected by a transverse stay, E. Below the stay E an inelastic gore,F, is introduced to give the requisite curvature to the lower portion.Above the stay E an elastic gore, G, is introduced, extending to the upper edge beneath the arm, and so as to yield under the movements of thebody. At the lower end of the front section, A, and at its rear edge, agore-shaped portion is cut away, so as to leave a gore-shaped spacebetween the frontsection and the hip-section at the bottom, and intothis cutaway space an elastic gore, H, is introduced to connect thefront and hip sections at that point, the'sections being rigidlyconnected from the apex of the gore upward. The rear section, B, is cutaway at'its lower end in like manner on the side next the hip-section,and into the cut-away spacean elastic gore, I, is introduced, connectingthe rear and hip sections at that point, the two sections being rigidlyconnected from the apex of the gore upward. This cut of the corsetleaves the front and rear edge of the hip-section substantially straightfrom top to bottom, and as shown in Fig. 1.

The several parts of the corset are stitched together in the usualmanner. By connecting the two parts C D with a rigid stay at the center,a great degree of firmness is given to the corset on the waist-line, thegoreF below gives the requisite shape over the hip, the elastic gore Gabove gives all the elasticity that is necessary in the upper edge ofthe corset, and the introduction of the gores I H into the front andrear section adjacent to the respective edges of the hip-section givesto the lower edge of the corset the requisite elasticity, and at pointson the body where the working of the elastic gore will not cause thegathering of the garment beneath it, and thus I produce a corset whichmay extend down over the hips to give the requisite shape or contour tothe dress, and avoid the difficulties attending such cut of corset, asmore generally made, and also avoid the objections to a cut-away hip.

I claim The herein-described corset, consisting of the front section, A,and rear section, B, with the intermediate hip-section, composed of thetwo parts, 0 D, said parts 0 D connected at introduced into the saidcut-away portions the waist-line by a transverse stay, E, and betweenthe front and rear sections and the [0 having an inelastic gore, F,introduced berespective edges of the hip-section, substantween saidparts 0 D below said stay E, and tially as described.

an elastic gore, G, between said parts 0 D above said stay E, the frontsection, A, and the rear section, B, cut away at their lower i MORRIS P.BRAY. Witnesses:

Jos. G. EARLE,

end at the hip-section, and elastic gores H I J. H. SHUMWAY.

